Group Homes fills a critical gap in the literature by analyzing and applying federal antidiscrimination law to the practical problems of planning for and regulating group homes for people with disabilities.
Brian J. Connolly is an associate with the Land Use practice group at Otten Johnson Robinson Neff & Ragonetti, P.C., in Denver, Co.
Dwight H. Merriam, past chair of the American Bar Association's Section of State and Local Government Law, founded Robinson and Cole's Land Use Group in 1978.
Even as a practitioner with four decades in the trenches, I'm impressed at how much I learned from Group Homes . Brian Connolly and Dwight Merriam have succeeded in distilling a large body of law and literature into a book that will serve local government, advocates, and neighbors well.
This book fills a void in the literature. Here we have in one highly readable volume all of the issues of planning for and regulating group homes, with a comprehensive treatment of the law, of course, but also good, practical advice and even draft regulations.
I have my perspective as an advocate for group home development, and I do not agree with all the authors have to say, but I must tell you that Group Homes is the best, most balanced treatment of the law, public policy, planning, and regulation for group homes.